Dose Estimates and Other Compendia
As part of its mission to disseminate the most accurate dose estimates and models, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) has made available several compendia of dose information (listed below), via Word and PDF files and anonymous FTP access. You may also access this information via www.internaldosimetry.com.
- A compendium of dose estimates for many radiopharmaceuticals (Word).
- A compendium of dose estimates for many radiopharmaceuticals for children (Word). This compendium includes compounds often used in pediatric nuclear medicine studies.
- A compendium of dose estimates for many radiopharmaceuticals for pregnant women (Word). This compendium includes many compounds often administered to women of childbearing years, and employs, where available, information on the placental crossover of radiopharmaceuticals.
- Nuclear medicine guidelines for breastfeeding mothers (Word).
- Health Concerns Related to Radiation Exposure of the Female Nuclear Medicine Patient (PDF)
- Comparison of Effective Dose Equivalent (ICRP 30), Effective Dose (ICRP 60), and Total Body Dose for 62 radiopharmaceutical procedures (PDF).
To obtain electronic copies of these documents via FTP, log on via anonymous FTP, to ftp.orau.gov, using the word 'anonymous' as the username and your E-mail address as the password. Once logged in, type 'cd doses' and copy any of these documents that are of interest to you. The file "index.dos" contains a description of which files contain which information.
The dose estimate compendium for adults been published as NUREG/CR-6345. The dose estimate compendium for children was published as "Internal Dosimetry in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine" (M. Stabin, in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine, S. Treves, ed., Springer-Verlag, 1995). The compendium of dose estimates for pregnant women was published originally as the master's thesis of Joy R. Russell (University of Tennessee, 1995) and has also been published by the Health Physics journal (73[5]:756-769, 1997). The guidelines for breastfeeding mothers are available in USNRC Regulatory Guide 8.39 and NUREG-1492 (Appendix B).